Cooking Tips More tips will be coming shortly

Always err on the side of being underdone.

Remember that every oven is different and therefore everytime you try a new recipe in a new oven set your kitchen timer about 5-10min short of the expected cooking time.

In several recipes there are ingredients which do not have a certain number next to them. These are to be added according to the tastes of the consumer.

A meal can only be as good as the ingredients used. This does not mean that you have to use only the best ingredients, however especially with premade pasta sauces a dollar can make a real difference in taste.

If you are a garlic lover like I am (garlic keeps away biting insects) and you do a lot of cooking I would recommend purchasing pre-minced garlic in a jar Cooking Definitions

Dry ingredients include non-fluid items such as flour and spices. Sugar however is a wet ingredient. One way to think of it is that dry ingredients would float on top of water, where wet ingredients will sink.

Folding is a baking term and means you should blend the mixture carefully by hand scooping down the side and gently pulling the batter over the dry ingredients on top and down the center to repeat on the other side, like a figure eight. Folding the batter should be done with care and will take quite a bit of time.